Garfield in character?

[arnzilla]

[will]

He doesn't have another movie to film before Silence, so it must be for that. They might be planning to film the scenes set in Portugal in the end, since he should appear a bit more polished for those.

[MovieFan]

Makes sense. I'm figuring Andrew Garfield might need to be emaciated & have a long beard for the final act of the film but be fit & healthy for the first act. It's easier & quicker to gain then it is to lose weight so if I was planning the shoot I'd have Garfield reach his worst physical condition first when he's not going to be worn out from long shooting days & do those first. Then progressively have him add the weight on again as the shoot continues.

[nas78]

Garfield confirms the beard is for Silence

“You look like the Unabomber.” Those are the first words that slip out of my mouth when I greet Andrew Garfield at a hotel suite in Downtown Toronto. The typically fresh-faced, photogenic 31-year-old actor is sporting a bushy, unkempt, downright Biblical-looking beard. It is, he says, for a role as a 17th century priest in the upcoming Martin Scorsese film Silence, which is in pre-production. He’ll star opposite Liam Neeson and Adam Driver as a trio of bible-thumpers who travel to Japan to spread the gospel.

[alexl]

he trimmed the beard.

[arnzilla]

blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/09/15/andrew-garfield-navigates-the-mortgage-crisis-and-film-industry/

You’re preparing now for “Silence” with Martin Scorsese? What will your character be?

I’m playing a Jesuit priest, and Adam Driver and I are brothers in the priesthood. We play these young, idealistic, hungry priests who are on a mission to bring faith to the hidden Christians of Japan during that time, that weren’t allowed to be Christians under this extremist Buddhist regime that was happening during that period — you don’t usually associate the two things. So we’re on a mission to find our old teacher who’s gone missing. It’s a rescue mission as well as a mission of faith and a mission for God. I’ve been researching a lot about what it is to be a Jesuit and it’s a very beautiful faith as far as I’m seeing.

Are you religious?

I haven’t been all my life, but I definitely feel a need for spirituality in my life and I’m in the process of finding out what that means for me. It’s a beautiful process to go into. It’s something I’ve been longing for all my life.